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    <description>Writings. Musings. Commentery. And a Gay Southerner.</description>
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    dc:title="Pledge of Allegience"
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    dc:title="I Saw an Eagle Cry"
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      <description></description>
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      <dc:date>2008-09-08T04:11:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <description>Continuing the re&#45;post from several years ago&#8230;</description>
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      <description>A re&#45;post from several years ago but still very much relevant still today&#8230;</description>
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